Alina Hauptman of Best Friends Animal Society highlights some new pets up for adoption and gives some pointers on how to keep pets safe from wildfire smoke. 

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Cheddar Paws: How to Keep Pets Safe From Wildfire Smoke 

Welcome to Chatter News. I'm Hanna Do from Chatter Studios in New York. Yes. And friends in Baker, Machado, Canada's wildfires that we saw recently have really impacted the air quality all over the country and inhaling smoke from fires, not only just poses health for you, but can also be pretty hazardous to your beloved pets as well. So, here to give us some tips on how to keep our pets safe is our friend Elena Haman from Best Friends Animal Society. And it's adorable little puppy named Willie. I can't take it. I can't take it. Tell us more about Lily because she is one of the cutest tourists ever. She really is. So Lily is two months old. She came from Mississippi. She just arrived at Best Friends Animal Society in New York City and she's up for adoption. Oh, my gosh. And what she, she might get what, like, maybe 40 £50 as she gets older. Maybe she, she will be a medium sized breed. It's always hard to tell when they come into the adoption center, but that's what we think. She's so calm, so calm. It's like incredible. Like she doesn't even realize like how big this? Yeah, she's on television. This is such a huge bonus. Nervous about TV. I know this is, we now have her call and we know what she's gonna be doing later. Um, so let's talk about the crazy wildfires. We had this last, uh, the last couple of weeks. What are some possible signs of smoke or dust irritation that are really affecting animals? Yeah. Sure. So, upper respiratory systems symptoms, it can be wheezing, coughing, sneezing, difficulty breathing. So, what do you do if you notice your pets are showing those symptoms? What you're gonna wanna do is if it's alarming, it's different than their typical behavior. I would call your local, your veterinarian. And does this go for dogs and cats? Yes. I, I feel like my dog really sort of noticed how bad the air quality was and he was standing and he was under the bed for a lot of the time over the last little while. Um, yeah, it is there anything that maybe like we should do to protect them from stuff like that and should we get like, humidifiers or something? Sure. So, well, what you're gonna wanna do is leave the windows closed. You're gonna wanna have your air conditioning on your air purifiers on and just keep them indoors as much as possible. So how can pet owners protect their homes from smoke? You're gonna wanna keep the windows closed, air purifiers and obviously dogs require a lot of walks outside. What should dog owners then keep in mind if the air quality is really terrible. You and I were struggling with that, that's like, do we even take them out for a walk? Sure. So, you know, skip the big long walk, do shorter, 5 to 10 minute potty break walks. You're also gonna wanna look at, you know, when the air quality is gonna be better in the day, which typically tends to be the morning. Can we just look at Lily right now? I mean, I can't. So what are some ways to keep pets entertained while we kept, kept them indoors? That was a problem for me this week. Sure. So this is great for when you have to keep them indoors and just for every day, enrichment toys are really, really important. So that's puzzles on, that's where you can hide their food or treat cons rope toys because all of that is mentally exhausting for your dog. And that's equally important to physical, right? Because they have, they have to be mentally stimulated besides just like laying down all day. Absolutely. It's gonna make them less bored and less likely to act out if people want to adopt Lily. Best Friends dot org. There's tons of Lily, like, came with a litter. Thank you to Elena Hopman with the Best Friends Animal Society. Our producer Joe said she might be gone by the afternoon and maybe by the next hour, um, And of course our great friend Lily joining us here as well. Guys coming up, chat G BT seems to be taking over and now it might be available in your next car. We'll tell you more when wake up returns.